Well, then, if, like us, your excellency lived at Leghorn, you would hear, from time to time, that a little merchant vessel, or an English yacht that was expected at Bastia, at Porto-Ferrajo, or at Civita Vecchia, has not arrived; no one knows what has become of it, but, doubtless, it has struck on a rock and foundered. (not reviewed by editor)

Samples from Other Sources

The project foundered

The ship foundered in the storm.

Come with me to Founder`s Hall.

Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom

Good, yes, but Otrera is the founder of the Amazons.

Rick Riordan -- The Son of Neptune

And so was the founder of the Daily Gleaner [Jamaica`s major newspaper].